Door-hanger.



G. W. STUYVERSON.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED Muna, 1909.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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G. W. STUYVERSON.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAR. 2, 1909.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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DOOR-HANGER.

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Specification oi Letters Patent.

patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed March 2, 1%9. Serial No. 480,837.

To all "LU/71cm it may Concern:

Be it known that l, Gironde il'. @Terriensor, a citizen of the United States, residingl at iicvltwen, in the county of l'lumphreys and State of Tennessee, h ve invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doorlilangers 5 and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and et description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in door hangers and more particularly to that class adapted to be used in connection with car doors and my object is to provide means for suspending the door from a track-way placed on the side of the car and a further object is to provide means for preventingI the hangers supporting t-he door from leaving the track-way as the door is being moved back and forth.

Other objects and advantages will be hero- .inafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

ln the accompanyingI drawings forming part of this application, lfiguro 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a box ear showing my improved device attached thereto. ll 2 is a top lan view of the door hanger and trackway tierefoiz Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view partly in section of one of the hangers and parts to which thc same is attached. Fig. 4l is a sectional view as seen on line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through the track-way and supporting means therefor, and, liig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the hangers removed from the door.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a car body which may be constructed in the usual manner and more particularly to that class adapted to be used for haulingI freight, said body having` an opening l in the sides thereof, through which the car may be lilled or emptied and 3 indicates the usual form of door employed for closing said opening. These doors are preferably movably mounted so as to prevent the same from swinging outwardly and coming in contact with objects along the track-way and to this end l provide my improved form of hangers 1, the depending ends of which are bolted or otherwise secured to the door, while the uper ends thereotl project above the upper edge of the door, said projecting portions of the hangers being provided on their opposite faces with tra ek and guide rollers 5, tl, and 7 and S, respectively, said rollers being arranged in pairs and two pairs of rollers at each side of the hanger. 'lhc pairs of rollers are spaced apart to receive track flanges l) and l of track bars 11 and 12, respectively, which track bars are placed at opposite sides of the hangers ll and are secured together at their ends by introducing spacing blocks 13 between the bars and the blocks and bars are connected together by introducing bolts or rivets 141i through the ends of the bars and the interposed blocks. The bolts 1d are also preferably extended through the wall of the car, thereby securely anchoring the ends of the track bars, while the central portion of the track bars are supported by means of a strap 15, the ends of the st 'ap being extended in vertical parallel planes, while the intermediate portion thereof is extended in a hori- Zontal plane, the horizontal portion 16 resting on the upper edges of the track bars 11 and 12, while the lowermost vertical portion 17 rests against the outer face of the track bar 11 and is secured thereto by rivets 1S, the uppermost vertical portion resting against and secured to a plate or bar 9 by bolts 20 which extend through the wall of the car, said plate being riveted to the track bar 12 and extending above the same.

The pair of track rollers are placed above the track ilange 9 and the pair of guide rollers G below the track flange 9, while the track flange 1() extends between the track rollers 7 and guide rollers 8 on the opposite side of the hanger, the track rollers 5 and 7 supporting the door 3, while the guide rollers 6 and 8 prevent upward or twisting movement of the door, so that when pressure is directed against the door at any point, it will readily move lengthwise of the track ilanges and will not buckle or swing edgewise. The length of the track bars is so regulated that the blocks will stop the movement of the hangers at the proper point and to further prevent outward swinging movement of the lower edge of the door, the usual or any preferred form of keepers 21 are positioned adjacent the lower edge of the door as shown in Fig. 1. lt will thus be seen that by providing the track and guide rollers in pairs to fit on opposite sides of the flanges and placing the lower sets of rollers in position to engage the lower edge of the ilanges, any edgewise swinging movement of the door will be hanger, blocks at the ends of said track bars, bolts to secure the ends of the track bars to the blocks and anchor the same to an object 1.3

and a supporting strap at the longitudinal center of the track hars.

In testimony whereof I have signed my l name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE Vif. STUYVERSON. Tvi'ritnesses:

VJ. A. THEDFORD, D. A. SAGER. 

